Answer TWO of the following for MONDAY’s class:
1. How does the
film try to explain the cave in religious terms, or an example of the faith or
believes of early man? Though we have no
literature here, only cave paintings and a few relics (the flute, etc.) what might
these tell us about our ancient ancestors?
2. One of the
archaeologists working at the site said he had vivid dreams of “deep and
powerful things” for nights afterward.
Based on this, why might this cave be important to us today? What link do we still have with it? Why might we still consider it “art” in the
same way as a famous painting or a work of literature?
3. Why did the
Paleolithic men and women only paint animals (except for perhaps one depiction
of a woman)? What did they want to
record or describe in their art, and what might this say about their conception
of the world? Related to this, do we get
a sense of their idea of beauty?
4. Do you think
these ancient men/women regarded their paintings as ‘art’ in the way we
do? Did they create it for beauty,
pleasure, or instruction? Should we call
them ‘artists’? Is there any way to
know, based on the evidence of the film?
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